Puya ramonii
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Puya ramonii faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to agricultural expansion and livestock grazing in its restricted high-altitude range. Mining activities and infrastructure development further fragment its already limited populations. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the specific temperature and precipitation patterns this specialized bromeliad requires in its narrow elevational zone.
Habitat
Puya ramonii inhabits high-altitude Andean environments, typically found in rocky slopes and cliff faces between 3,000-4,000 meters elevation. This terrestrial bromeliad grows in specialized microhabitats with well-drained soils and specific moisture regimes characteristic of montane ecosystems.
